Clinical and virological improvement of hepatitis B virus-related or hepatitis C virus-related chronic hepatitis with concomitant hepatitis A virus infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1536-1543

  Sagnelli, Evangelista ^a,b   Coppola, Nicola ^a,b   Pisaturo, Mariantonietta ^a,b   Pisapia, Raffaella ^a,b   Onofrio, Mirella ^a,b   Sagnelli, Caterina ^b   Catuogno, Antonio ^a   Scolastico, Carlo ^b   Piccinino, Felice ^b   Filippini, Pietro ^b  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera San Sebastiano   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 33646742975     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503840     Document Type: Article

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